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<div><font size="+1"><b>PACIFIC MASTERS MISSION
STATEMENT:</b></font></div>
<div>As adopted by the Pacific Masters Committee the Mission of
Pacific Masters is:</div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
<div><b>Pacific Masters Swimming welcomes anyone who would like to
gain and maintain fitness through swimming and encourages programs to
foster this mission.</b></div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>DON MCKENZIE, RIP 1947-2008</b></font></div>
<div>Don Mckenzie, a two time Olympic gold medalist, passed away
yesterday after a long battle with cancer. Don won the gold medal in
the 100 M Breaststroke and the 4x100 Medley relay. In 1989, he was
inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.</div>
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<div>Bob Strand who competed against Don said "I have swam
against every great breastroker in that era and he was the toughest of
them all. You had to beat him he would never beat himself.
Tremendous mental concentration. I can't tell you how many times he
would look over, a few minutes before a race, and say "is this
fun or what??"" Don and Bob were once featured on the cover
of Swim Magazine, as two of the great breaststrokers in their
era.</div>
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<div>Don was an active participant with Sierra Nevada Masters and
helped with their first Long Course Swim meet in 1999.</div>
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<div>Our condolences to his wife and children.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>WINNERS SHORT COURSE YARDS MEET THIS
SATURDAY</b></font></div>
<div>The 15th Annual Reno Winners Meet will be at the Northwest Pool
in Reno, Nevada on Saturday December 6th. The meet will be at the
Northwest Pool opening at 11am and meet starts at noon. Deck entries
are accepted.</div>
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<div>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/08snrscy.pdf</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>NORCAL COACHS CLINIC</b></font></div>
<div>The NorCal Swim Shop Swim clinic will be .held 8 January through
11 January in Napa, California. Pacific Masters has helped coaches
attend by paying up to 50% of the registration fee. Information about
the clinic can be found at</div>
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>http://www.swimshop.com/norcal/assets/images/PCC/CLINIC%20REG%20ONLI<span
></span>NE%2009.pdf</div>
<div>If you are interested in attending and would like Pacific Masters
to help with the registration fee, please contact Chris Campbell at
mailto:coachchris@mvm.org .</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>RECEIVING MORE THAN ONE COPY OF THE
UPDATE?</b></font></div>
<div>The Update list is over 17,000 recipients and we would like
to cut down on the list. If you are receiving more than one copy of
the update, please let us know which is the second address, so that we
can cut that address from the list. Please email</div>
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</x-tab>mailto:double@pacificmasters.org</div>
<div>and we will take off the second address from the
list.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS</b></font></div>
<div>Betty Meyer, wife of Bud Meyer (who worked as a Pacific Meet
official for many years) and the mother of Debbie (Meyer) Webber of
Walnut Creek Masters underwent a quadruple by-pass. She is now back
home resting as well as exercising to get herself back in shape.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>CLOVIS VIDEO</b></font></div>
<div>The USMS Executive Director's Office prepared a video about
the 2008 United States Short Course Yards Championships</div>
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</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/general/clovisvideo.html</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>SUZANNE HEIM-BOWEN IMSHOF INDUCTION
VIDEO</b></font></div>
<div>Suzanne Heim Bowen's induction was preceded by a video describing
her accomplishments that led to her induction. It is available on
YouTube and you can view it at:</div>
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</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/general/heimbowen.html</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>SWIM PROGRAMS IN NOVATO</b></font></div>
<div>A series of swim stroke clinics is taking place at Meridian
Sports Club Rolling Hills (Novato). Each month the Club is offering a
different stroke clinic. Their first launch was a freestyle stroke
clinic on November 15th. Up next is a backstroke clinic on Saturday,
December 13th. January will be breaststroke, February will be
butterfly, and March will be Starts & Turns (dates TBA on those
three). All the clinics will be repeated throughout the year. The
clinics are taught by masters swimmers Cokie Lepinski and Susie Powell
of the Rolling Hills Mud Sharks. You don't not have to be a club
member to participate in these clinics.</div>
<div><br>
Each clinic is three hours in length, with a format of part land, part
water. About 90 minutes is spent in the water and swimmers learn or
improve their stroke through a series of drills. Swimmers eliminate
bad habits, develop a more efficient and smooth stroke, improve their
breathing, and see and feel their stroke change in just a short time.
Participants are given a packet of resources complete with all drills
written out as well as a laminated card with the drills to take to the
pool and practice after the clinic. If you'd like information on this
clinic contact either Cokie or Susie. Cokie can be reached at
swimnut@mac.com or 415-827-5672. Susie can be reached by email at
swimsp@comcast.net. </div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Another program offered by veteran Mud Shark masters swimmer,
Maggie Tevis, is the "<b>Swim A Mile in Six Weeks</b>". Here
participants practice three times a week (hour long format) for six
weeks building up from just a few laps to the accomplishment of
swimming a mile without stopping at the end of the six week program.
Maggie has currently graduated over 75 people from this program and
the transformation of the swimmers, many of whom are novice level, is
phenomenal. A few have even gone on to join our masters team and many
of them stay in the water after succeeding in this program.
Information on this program can be obtained by emailing Maggie Tevis -
margaret1948_94945@yahoo.com or Winnie Comfort (Aquatics Director at
Rolling Hills) - winnie@rollinghillsclub.com. As with the stroke
clinics, this program is open to non-members.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>RCP MILE RECAP ON TELEVISION</b></font></div>
<div>The RCP Mile recap will be on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Tue 12/9/08 6:30 PM .5 (MISC) The 9th Annual RCP Tiburon Mile
Open Water Swim (R)</div>
<div>Sun 12/14/08 5:00 PM .5 (MISC) The 9th Annual RCP Tiburon Mile
Open Water Swim (R)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>INDIVIDUAL RENEWAL</b></font></div>
<div>You can now renew your membership for 2009. You can register on
line, it is very easy, just go to:</div>
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</x-tab>https://www.ClubAssistant.com/club/USMS.cfm?l=38</div>
<div>and start filling out the forms. If you are a member of the clubs
listed below you can register with your club.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>If your club is not one of the clubs listed above, you will have
to register as "unattached." And then when your club
registers you can change membership.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>For those who do no want to register on-line, Pacific Masters
still has a paper registration form to send to Nancy.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div> http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/09memberapp.pdf</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Thanks to the over 600 swimmers who have already re-registered
for 2009.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>If your club has not rer-egistered for 2009 you can fill out the
paper registration form Nancy will hold the registration for until
your club reregisters or until 31 December (if your club has not
re-registered by then, you will be registered as unattached).</div>
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<div>michael</div>
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<div>michael w. moore</div>
<div>michael@pacificmasters.org</div>
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